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Algerian Government Rejects French Offer Of PSA Stake, Seeks Renault’s Lovehttp://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/12/algerian-government-rejects-french-offer-of-psa-stake-seeks-renaults-love/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/12/algerian-government-rejects-french-offer-of-psa-stake-seeks-renaults-love/#commentsTue, 18 Dec 2012 16:58:11 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=470594The fate of PSA and the Algerian people has been intertwined for decades. The group’s Aulnay plant, which is due to close, was originally staffed by immigrants from North Africa, lured by the promise of a better life and secure jobs in France. And while Peugeot sales withered in France, the brand has been traditionally […]

The fate of PSA and the Algerian people has been intertwined for decades. The group’s Aulnay plant, which is due to close, was originally staffed by immigrants from North Africa, lured by the promise of a better life and secure jobs in France. And while Peugeot sales withered in France, the brand has been traditionally strong in North Africa, with 2011 bringing a 93 percent increase in sales for Peugeot.

French President Francois Hollande is due to visit Algeria this week, and is eager to discuss the possibility of Algeria investing in PSA. But according to French paper La Tribune, Algeria wants no part of it.

Instead, they want to emulate the situation in Morocco, and that means a domestic car manufacturing industry in partnership with Renault. La Tribune reports that a deal with Renault will be signed any day now, and Algeria even decided to forgo a plant with Volkswagen so the Renault deal could go forward. Under the terms of the Renault agreement, the Algerian government will hold a 51 percent stake in the plant, which will produce the Renault Symbol – a rebadged Dacia Logan.

Despite the rebuff, PSA is still strong in Algeria, with Peugeot ranking as the #2 brand behind Renault. But that won’t do much to aleviate PSA’s troubles in its home market. The birth of a domestic auto manufacturing industry in the former colonies, right alongside the slow death of France’s own industry only makes things worse.

]]>http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/12/algerian-government-rejects-french-offer-of-psa-stake-seeks-renaults-love/feed/6French Workers On Strike, News At 11http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/11/french-workers-on-strike-news-at-11/
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2012/11/french-workers-on-strike-news-at-11/#commentsFri, 30 Nov 2012 14:00:32 +0000http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=468501Next up in the “we couldn’t make this shit up” category – PSA and Citroen were hit by strikes after workers were called out for being unproductive. Reuters managed to report the details with a straight face A single production line at Peugeot’s Aulnay plant on the outskirts of Paris, slated to be closed in […]

A single production line at Peugeot’s Aulnay plant on the outskirts of Paris, slated to be closed in 2014 at the cost of 3,000 jobs, ground to a halt after five workers were summoned for lack of productivity, a representative of the CGT union said in a phone interview.

The story of the Aulnay plant and its social implications for France is one of the more fascinating intersections between politics and automobiles. Meanwhile, Renault had two factories hit by job actions after it asked workers to agree to a series of moves that would bring French production costs in line with those in Spain.